AAPIs@Oakton

In celebration of Filipino American History Month, COMPASS and Everybody's Market are hosting Para Sa Kultura (For the Culture) Night Market, featuring 40 Filipinx-owned microbusinesses and food vendors around the Chicagoland area. We invited the founder of Everybody's Market to talk about the event and the importance of supporting small and micro Asian American businesses. 

To learn more about the event, visit linktr.ee/oaktoncompass 

To learn more about Everybody's Market visit their Instagram Page at @EverybodysMarket 

Code Elevate is a summer coding program for young women of color. We invited Niles and Evanston Township high school students to share their experiences with the program and how Oakton College can better engage with this student population. 

Code Elevate is organized by the Center for Organizing Minority Programs to Advance Student Success (COMPASS), AANAPISI grant at Oakton College. 

In this episode, we continue our conversation with Amy Wu, a counselor at Oakton's Counseling Services. We discuss how to find a therapist, things we need to be mindful of, and counseling services at Oakton College. 

Show Note: 

Counseling services contact and resources

Oakton counseling services: https://www.oakton.edu/studentservices/counseling/

Oakton crisis intervention services: https://www.oakton.edu/studentservices/counseling/crisis/

Oakton Wellness Center Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/oaktonwellnesscenter/

Directories:

https://www.inclusivetherapists.com

https://www.melaninandmentalhealth.com

Hotlines:

Crisis Text Line: Text HOME to 741741

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 800-273-8255

NAMI Helpline: 800-950-NAMI

Veterans Crisis Line: 800-273-8255, press 1 https://www.veteranscrisisline.net

The Trevor Project: Text START to 678678

Black mental health resources:

http://blackmentalhealth.com

https://www.sistaafya.com

https://www.chicagoblacktherapists.com

Latinx mental health resources:

https://latinxtherapy.com

Indigenous mental health resources:

https://www.ihs.gov

http://www.oneskycenter.org

AAPI mental health resources:

https://www.asianmhc.org

https://samhin.org

https://southasiantherapists.org

LGBTQIA+ mental health resources for BIPOC folks:

https://nqttcn.com/directory

http://www.nqapia.org

http://aglp.org

http://translifeline.org

In recognition of Mental Health Awareness Month and the Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month, we chatted with Amy Wu, a counselor from Counseling Services at Oakton College to talk about mental health stigma and our experiences navigating enoughness as Asian Americans. 

Resources: 

Oakton College 

Oakton counseling services

Oakton crisis intervention services

Oakton Wellness Center Instagram

Directories

https://www.inclusivetherapists.com

https://www.melaninandmentalhealth.com

Hotlines

Crisis Text Line: Text HOME to 741741

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 800-273-8255

NAMI Helpline: 800-950-NAMI

Veterans Crisis Line: 800-273-8255, press 1 https://www.veteranscrisisline.net

The Trevor Project: Text START to 678678

Black mental health resources:

http://blackmentalhealth.com

https://www.sistaafya.com

https://www.chicagoblacktherapists.com

Latinx mental health resources:

https://latinxtherapy.com

Indigenous mental health resources:

https://www.ihs.gov

http://www.oneskycenter.org

AAPI mental health resources:

https://www.asianmhc.org

https://samhin.org

https://southasiantherapists.org

LGBTQIA+ mental health resources for BIPOC folks:

https://nqttcn.com/directory

http://www.nqapia.org

http://aglp.org

http://translifeline.org

Asian Americans are often an afterthought in conversations on providing support and resources to minoritized students. Many assume that Asian Americans are high academic achievers. Generalizing the overall Asian American experience dismisses the educational inequity that Southeast Asian Americans (SEAA) face in the U.S higher education system. Often time, SEAA voices are ignored by decision-makers. In this episode, we interviewed Albert Chantaboury, a Lao-American doctoral candidate from National Louis University, to talk about his journey to higher education and strategies for elevating the voices of SEAA in higher education. 

Notes & References: 

APIDA - Asian American Pacific Islander Desi American 

Dr. OiYan Poon, www.oiyanpoon.com

In this episode, we're wrapping up our conversation with Dr. Mary Danico on what it means to be an Asian American Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institution (AANAPISI). 

In 2020, Oakton Community College received an Asian American Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institution Designation (AANAPISI) by the U.S Department of Education. AANAPISI is one of 7 federally recognized Minority Serving institution programs. 

In this episode, we interviewed Dr. Mary Yu Danico from Cal Poly Pomona to talk about the stories behind the AANAPISI designation and what it means to be an Asian American Pacific Islander serving institution.